Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Laurence P. Hobbes
  • Patent number: 5407451
    Abstract: Lubricant and liquid fuel compositions contain a novel and unobvious friction reducing or antioxidant additive. The additive is a borated hydroxy/hydrocarbyl sulfide containing 2 hydroxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew G. Horodysky, Joan M. Kaminski
  • Patent number: 5384296
    Abstract: A zeolite catalyst composition having increased resistance to agglomeration and/or migration of its noble metal component at high temperatures and a method for preparing the catalyst composition are disclosed. The zeolite catalyst composition contains non-framework multivalent alumina which is obtained by calcining the zeolite at a temperature of at least 600.degree. C. in moist air (10 to 100 torr water).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Ying-Yen P. Tsao
  • Patent number: 5382473
    Abstract: A polymeric film substrate having on at least one surface a prime coating of the type which causes destructive film blocking between contacting layers. This prime coating is top coated with pigmented or non-pigment polyester ink base so as to eliminate the blocking. This top coating is a excellent base for printing inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon L. Musclow, Robert V. Poirier, Ralph J. Weber
  • Patent number: 5382743
    Abstract: A method for conversion of linear C5 olefins in the presence of contaminant diolefins to corresponding iso-olefins of the same carbon number which comprises contacting a linear C5 olefin-containing organic feedstock with a catalyst comprising material having the structure of ZSM-35 under skeletal isomerization conditions, wherein said conversion is carried out at temperatures between about 100.degree. and 750.degree. C., weight hourly space velocities (WHSV) based on linear C5 olefins in said feedstock between 0.1 and 500 WHSV, C5 linear olefin partial pressures between 2 and 2000 kPa, and in the presence of hydrogen added in an amount sufficient to enhance linear C5 olefin conversion activity and extend the catalyst life of the catalyst relative to operation without any hydrogen added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Beech, Jr., Roland B. Saeger, Robert A. Ware
  • Patent number: 5382684
    Abstract: The invention is directed to nitrogenous 1,3-substituted adamantanes, their preparation and use in synthesis of inorganic porous solids. The nitrogenous 1,3-substituted adamantanes are compounds having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a nitrogenous moiety selected from the group consisting of --(CH.sub.2).sub.n-1 CONR'.sub.2, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n NR'.sub.2 and --(CH.sub.2).sub.n NR'.sub.3.sup.+ A.sup.-, wherein R' is lower alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n=1 to 5, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected from H and alkyl groups of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and A.sup.- is an anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad Moini, Dong-Ming Shen
  • Patent number: 5380587
    Abstract: A printable film structure comprising a polymeric film substrate having on at least one surface thereof a prime coating of the type which causes destructive film blocking between contacting layers of such coated films, said prime coating having thereon a continuous copolyester coating consisting essentially of the polyester condensation product of the following monomers or their polyester forming equivalence:(a) about 60 to 75 mole % of terephthalic acid;(b) about 15 to 25 mole % of at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid of the formula HOOC(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOH, wherein n ranges from about 1 to 11;(c) greater than from about 6 up to about 15 mole % of at least one sulfomonomer containing an alkali metal sulfonate group attached to a dicarboxylic aromatic nucleus; and(d) stoichiometric quantities of about 100 mole % of at least one copolymerizable aliphatic or cycloalphatic alkylene glycol having from about 2 to 11 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon L. Musclow, Robert V. Poirier, Ralph J. Weber
  • Patent number: 5378352
    Abstract: A process for producing a desulfurized gasoline boiling range product of relatively high octane number from a sulfur containing feed boiling in the naphtha boiling range by converting the feed in a single stage over a catalyst which comprises a) a substantially acidic porous refractory solid having an intermediate effective pore size and the topology of a zeolitic behaving material, which, in the aluminosilicate form, has a Constraint Index of about 1 to 12, e.g., MCM-22, b) a Group VI metal, e.g., Mo, c) a Group VIII metal, e.g., Co, and d) a suitable refractory support, e.g., Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, under hydrotreating conditions to produce a product comprising a normally liquid fraction boiling in substantially the same boiling range as the feed, but which has a lower sulfur content than the feed and which has an octane number substantially no less than the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Degnan, Stuart S. Shih
  • Patent number: 5374350
    Abstract: Heavy oil is hydrotreated by processing with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising an activated carbon component having a specified range of pore volume distribution and average pore diameter, a molybdenum or tungsten component and a cobalt or nickel component to reduce the content of nickel and vanadium therein and to achieve demetallation and conversion of the carbon residue for producing a lighter oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Roland H. Heck, Lillian A. Rankel
  • Patent number: 5364524
    Abstract: A process for treating heavy oil by contacting the oil with hydrogen in a reactor containing an activated carbon catalyst having a specified range of Alpha value, and average pore diameter, and pore distribution, to reduce the content of nickel and vanadium in the feedstock and to achieve conversion of the carbon residue for producing a lighter oil. Demetallation capacity of the carbon catalyst is enhanced by the addition of a carbon-reactive oxidant, e.g., steam, under conditions sufficient to form additional carbon surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Randall D. Partridge, Lillian A. Rankel
  • Patent number: 5362376
    Abstract: Low sulfur gasoline of relatively high octane number is produced from a catalytically cracked, sulfur-containing naphtha by hydrodesulfurization followed by treatment over an acidic catalyst system comprising an intermediate pore size zeolite having crystallites of an effective radius of at least 0.25 micron. The treatment over the large crystal acidic catalyst in the second step restores the octane loss which takes place as a result of the hydrogenation treatment and results in a low sulfur gasoline product with an octane number comparable to that of the feed naphtha, with the large crystal size improving gasoline yield by reducing conversion of branched paraffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart S. Shih, Philip J. Angevine
  • Patent number: 5358634
    Abstract: A process for treating heavy oil by contacting the oil with hydrogen in a reactor containing an activated carbon catalyst having a specified range of Alpha value, and average pore diameter, and pore distribution, to reduce the content of nickel and vanadium in the feedstock and to achieve conversion of the carbon residue for producing a lighter oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Lillian A. Rankel
  • Patent number: 5347060
    Abstract: This invention relates to phase transfer catalysis (PTC) using a composition of synthetic ultra-large pore crystalline material which contains a cation of an onium compound, e.g. cetyltrimethylammonium, within the pores of said material. The crystalline material has, after calcination, an X-ray diffraction pattern with at least one peak at a d-spacing greater than 18 Angstrom Units and a benzene adsorption capacity of greater than 15 grams benzene per 100 grams of said material at 6.7 kPa (50 torr) and 25.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Jeffrey S. Beck
  • Patent number: 5334228
    Abstract: A fuel additive having detergency, solubility and thermal stability comprises a detergent component, e.g., polyalkenyl succinimide, and a carrier fluid obtained from a diamondoid fluid comprising an compound selected from the group consisting of adamantane, diamantane, triamantane, tetramantane, and the alkyl-substituted derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Ashjian, Matthew P. Miller, Dong-Ming Shen, Margaret M. Wu
  • Patent number: 5326462
    Abstract: Low sulfur gasoline of relatively high octane number is produced from a catalytically cracked, sulfur-containing naphtha by hydrodesulfurization followed by treatment over an acidic catalyst system comprising a zeolite having the topology of ZSM-5 and a zeolite sorbing 10 to 40 mg 3-methylpentane at 90.degree. C., 90 torr, per gram dry zeolite in the hydrogen form, e.g., ZSM-22, ZSM-23, or ZSM-35. The treatment over the acidic catalyst system in the second step restores the octane loss which takes place as a result of the hydrogenative treatment and results in a low sulfur gasoline product with an octane number comparable to that of the feed naphtha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart S-S. Shih, Kathleen M. Keville, Daria N. Lissy
  • Patent number: 5326920
    Abstract: A process for the production of polyisobutylene (PIB) from isobutene-containing feed comprises contacting said feed with a catalyst composition comprising halides of a metal component anchored on an adsorbent inorganic oxide solid by an oxygen-metal bond to provide a reaction mixture containing said polyisobutylene; and thereafter separating and recovering said polyisobutylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Suzzy C. Ho, Margaret M. Wu
  • Patent number: 5326464
    Abstract: A process for converting feedstock comprising hydrocarbon compounds to product comprising hydrocarbon compounds of lower molecular weight than said feedstock hydrocarbon compounds which comprises contacting said feedstock at conditions for said conversion with catalyst comprising crystals having a framework topology after heating at 110.degree. C. or higher giving an X-ray diffraction pattern with interplanar d-spacings at 16.4.+-.0.2 Angstroms, 8.2.+-.0.1 Angstroms, 6.21.+-.0.05 Angstroms, 6.17.+-.0.05 Angstroms, 5.48.+-.0.05 Angstroms and 4.74.+-.0.05 Angstroms, and without a significant interplanar d-spacing at 13.6-13.3 Angstroms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corp.
    Inventors: Roland von Ballmoos, Cynthia T-W. Chu, Michael E. Landis, Eric G. Derouane
  • Patent number: 5321194
    Abstract: A method for skeletal isomerization of linear olefins to iso-olefins, e.g., n-butenes to isobutylene, over a catalyst comprising medium pore zeolite, e.g., a zeolite selected from ZSM-22, ZSM-23, and ZSM-35. Treatment of the zeolite with dicarboxylic acid, e.g., oxalic acid, significantly reduces aging rate and increases cycle length of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Minas R. Apelian, Iraj Rahmim, Anthony S. Fung, Albin Huss, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5304695
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the double bond isomerization of alpha olefin-containing feeds, e.g., conversion of 1-butene-containing hydrocarbon streams to 2-butene-rich product streams, wherein oligomer by-products are minimized. The process uses a catalyst composition comprising a zeolite whose surface has been at least partially deactivated for acid catalyzed reactions by treatment with an aluminum chelating agent, e.g., oxalic acid, which possesses an average cross section diameter greater than that of the zeolite pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Werner O. Haag, Jose G. Santiesteban
  • Patent number: 5302279
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon lubricants having a high viscosity index (V.I.) and low pour point are produced by hydroisomerizing, over zeolite beta, a waxy lube feed such as a waxy vacuum gas oil whose aromatic components are removed by extraction, e.g. with furfural. The zeolite beta catalyst comprises noble metal, e.g., Pt, and a low acidity zeolite beta, e.g., framework boron-containing zeolite beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Degnan, Quang N. Le
  • Patent number: 5302442
    Abstract: A base thermoplastic film, has a coextruded or coated heat seal layer formed from a polymer blend which provides good peel-apart heat seals. When the film is sealed to itself, the seal opens by separation at the original seal surface without film tear, or by delamination of the sealant material from the primary base film substrate without the formation of strands extending between the two base film. The heat seal layer which may be on one or both sides of the base layer comprises a ternary blend of a random ethylene-propylene copolymer, a butene polymer and a low density polyethylene.The films are cast, and oriented in the solid state up to about two times in the machine direction and six times or more in the transverse direction to give films having good dead-fold and water vapor transmission rate characteristics making them highly suited for packaging, particularly for dry foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. O'Brien, Donald F. Sexton